Castell Coch Originally uploaded by Mark Turner Once told in a highly charged tourism lecture in the Netherlands (that’s another story!) that the Welsh are a clever bunch. They sell their country by boasting about their heritage with slogans such as ‘Wales has more castles per square mile than any other country in Europe’. True.

Millennium Stadium Walkway Originally uploaded by Cardiff University International Office The spiritual home to Wales’ most dominant religion…..rugby union. The Welsh love their rugby, in fact it is a national obsession. Nothing pulls the country together more than a home international when Wales are playing the likes of England, Scotland and Ireland. Tours around this